Might the altar stone have been acquired in the same way? We now know that it must have come from an area of north-east Scotland. Orkney is at the centre of that area. The Ring of Brodgar on the main ...

As the quest to find the origins of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone heats up, researchers rule out one Scottish site that appeared ...

A geologic team, including many of the same authors of the Nature study, examined Neolithic-age stones at two well-known historic landmarks on Mainland, Orkney’s largest island, that were ...

"Evidence for long-distance links between Orkney and Stonehenge are related in part to the exchange of certain styles of material culture," Bevins said.The long-standing ... stones at two well-known ...